Kindness has health benefits. Kindness not only feels good, but it can also boost the giver’s well-being –Psychology Today.
Mrs. Collins, 6th Grade
I’ve been thinking
about the way
someone holds the door for me
when I have full hands,
And I think an act isn’t always on stage.
Acts like giving a simple smile,
Acts like helping people up if they fall,
Acts like making people happy or cheered up if they are upset.
Sometimes, acts are on stage, but do they have to be scripted?
They can be in the theater, but sometimes they don’t have to be on stage.
It can be helping a little girl find her parents, if she’s lost.
It can be cheering on the actors.
Acts aren’t always on stage
I’ve been thinking about the way
he helped an old lady cross,
carried her groceries,
but then dropped them,
then how she picked up the dropped groceries, then they fell again,
now holding up traffic,
no one honks because they know that they are trying to be quick,
finally all the fruits, veggies, and prepared meals are all picked up.
“Help”
screams a young voice, they turn around, and they see a little boy trapped in a fiery building,
there are fire trucks outside, but no one to be seen
Finally
the door breaks open, and the boy is in the clutches of a dazed firefighter
There is a loud sigh of relief in the air
The firefighter is applauded
There truly is kindness all around.
Mrs. McClain, 7th Grade- Group 1
I’ve been thinking about the way I can help the man that lives under the bridge.
His home is the tattered tent that is 3 sizes too small.
His kitchen is sitting on the curb, eating the scraps found behind a local restaurant.
His neighbors are the people in the fast-moving cars of the busy street above his home.
I’ve been thinking about the way we always
Let people off the bus before getting on
And how we thank the person
Who serves you food and drinks
And how we notice when people are sad
Or how we’ll help people carry a heavy bag
And the way you hold the door open
Maybe you say hello, or wave
To your neighbours in the morning
And how you smile at people on the sidewalk
And how we pick up other people’s messes
Or when you give your friends a hug
Or compliment someone’s hair
Or tell your mom you love her
And how we still go to war and fight and argue
And how you secretly want everything to go your way
Because we think our lives are
more important than other people’s
And you always think you’re the only one with problems
You think your problems and troubles matter more than anything
And I’ve been thinking that if we enjoyed the small things
In life that make us happy, we will be happier.
Mrs. McClain, 7th Grade- Group 2
I’ve been thinking about the way , when you talk
To people, everyone has their eyes on you
Or when you’re in the store looking for a jar
And people please you by searching for that jar
When you’re in a restaurant, and the waitress sits you
Down with a smile, but they’re not really having a good day
Maybe your smile back will make it better; you never know
It’s very good to be kind to each others
Not everyone wakes up with a smile on their face like most people, but that’s why we have to build each other up every day.
I have been thinking about the way people help pick up
After a fire. Or how the way when someone falls
You help them stand up. And sometimes, if you are having a bad day,
someone will try to comfort you. People who will help you
If you are working on a hard task, are everywhere.
Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other; we just
want someone to hold the door for us when we are walking by.
and to say thank you. For the person holding the door.
To see your mom smile at you
when you do your chores without her asking.
It is these moments that we have to cherish,
or we won’t know what it means to be kind.
Mrs. McClain, 8th Grade- Group 3
I’ve been thinking
about the way
That when someone’s sad
We help them.
About the way
When something’s bad
We fix it.
About the way
That we pick things up
When someone drops them.
About the way
We are kind just because.
About the way
We help the less fortunate people.
About the way
We care about things
Other than us.
About the way
We put others
Before ourselves.
About the way
We care for people
We don’t know.
About the way…
I’ve been thinking about the way that people hold the door for others while walking,
Or how people are sitting on the sidewalk every day,
Living on the streets just to say,
To say that they are struggling from the worst of it all,
Standing up, just to fall
Just for some money out of your pocket,
To help them eat a meal once in a while
But the money you give,
Will always come back,
The smile you’ll see on their face is worth a lot more,
Therefor kindness is not worth fighting for,
It’s a necessity that doesn’t hold a price tag,
It’s a feeling on the inside,
Something you cannot lag,
Kindness will never fail,
Something never to bail
But to love